A Summer's Confession

Disclaimer: If I owned FT, I wouldn't have to add this. I don't own it, Mashima does.

A/N: This is a NaVa (NatsuXMinerva) fic. The idea came to me last year, but then I'm not a really good writer so I only tried to write it now. Minerva might be OOC, but then that's because she's showing her inner-girly side here; just so you know, Minerva IS STILL a girl. Not a man. Not going to ask you guys to R&R. I just hope that you enjoy it at least. :)

It was a sunny day in Magnolia, and the town's top guild, Fairy Tail, was as boisterous as ever. It was only three days ago that the town was almost completely destroyed from the attack of the dark guild Tartaros, but it's as if the guild had already forgotten all about it. Like always, the middle of the guild hall had become a war zone that started off with a certain fire mage and ice mage's rivalry.

"Beast Arm: Iron Bull!", Elfman exclaimed, and sent Natsu flying towards the wall.

As Natsu was about to get back into the rumble, the wall clock hanging above him crashed onto his head. He took it and was about to just leave it on the table near him when he saw what time it was.

"It's 8:59?! Oh shit, Minerva's going to kill me!", Natsu screamed, as he dashed off towards Crocus Garden, ignoring the taunts made by Gray.

"What has Natsu gotten into now?", Lucy asked, sitting at the bar counter.

"Minerva asked him to help her settle her things in at Crocus Hotel.", Mirajane answered.

"But why would she ask for Natsu though?"

"I don't really know. Hmm, worried about your boyfriend?~"

"He's not my boyfriend!"

Sitting at one of the benches at Crocus Garden plaza, a woman that attracted the attention of plenty of men passing by was remembering the events that had just happened to her.

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[flashback]

Fairy Tail had just defeated Tartaros, and at one part of the battle field sat Erza beside Minerva. Erza had not wanted to fight Minerva. She still believed that Minerva could still be saved from the dark path she had gone into.

In the midst of their battle – Minerva attacking Erza, and Erza just dodging, parrying or countering her attacks, all the while trying to persuade Minerva to leave the darkness; Natsu had defeated Master E.N.D. Minerva stopped attacking and stared at the direction where the burst of magical energy came from. She couldn't believe it. The fire dragon slayer had done it again.

The dragon slayer began getting into her attention when he charged in at the hotel they were staying at during the Grand Magic Games. She couldn't believe that her father was being driven to a corner, and it was all because her father kicked out a member of theirs.

She became more aware of the fire dragon slayer after defeating Sabertooth's twin dragon slayers. She had started to ponder on his power – the power he stated he uses to protect his loved ones. By this point, it wasn't merely a fascination anymore. She had even decided to learn his name from Sting once, and in Minerva's book, that was a big thing.

"Will I be able to find out the secret of your power if I joined Fairy Tail, Dragneel?", she inwardly asked.

She closed her eyes for a moment, in deep thought.

"Fine, I'll stop this and join Fairy Tail.", Minerva said.

Erza wondered what made the sudden change of heart but disregarded it, and just smiled – happy that she was able to prevent someone from becoming another Jellal.

[flashback]

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"I'm he-!", Natsu screamed, running to the place that Minerva told him to meet her at, before tripping.

"You're late.", Minerva complained as she pulled back the foot she used to trip on the unsuspecting Natsu.

"I said to come here at 9 a.m. sharp, but what time is it now?", she asked calmly, though the tone of her voice made it seem otherwise, as she crossed her arms under her breasts, all the while tapping her foot.

Natsu gave the clock tower in the middle of Crocus Garden a quick glance.

"Hey, I'm only 15 seconds late!"

Minerva raised an eyebrow at the complaint.

"I'm sorry for being late.", Natsu responded feebly.

She eyed him for a bit before she walked away – that told Natsu to shut up and follow. As they were walking, Natsu tried to remember just how he ended up in that situation.

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[flashback]

The war between Fairy Tail and Tartaros had ended, and it was finally time to go back home. Exhausted physically, mentally, emotionally, and magically, the guild had decided to come back to Magnolia by train.

Natsu had not given any complaints about the decision until he found out that the hope he had clung to was still unconscious.

"She can't help it. Wendy's still a child and it was her first time using Dragon Force on her own.", Carla told Natsu when he inquired on Wendy.

After five minutes, not being able to stand Natsu's mumbling anymore, Minerva cast her magic on him, making him levitate steadily in place.

Natsu, noticing that he wasn't feeling sick due to the train's rocking movement anymore, turned to the source of his relief. He got into a kneeling position while extending his hand to her.

"Oh wonderful goddess, how could a humble mortal such as I ever repay you?", Natsu asked, in pseudo-knight tone.

"Hmmm…"

[flashback]

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"Come in."

"Huh?"

Without noticing, Natsu was already standing in front of Minerva's hotel room.

"I said, 'come in'. My things aren't going to move themselves."

"Right.", he answered as he motioned to enter her hotel room.

"You could start by moving these into the living room," Minerva ordered, "and don't you dare break anything.", she added threateningly, before leaving Natsu with a pile of boxes.

Natsu effortlessly did as ordered, all the while mumbling something about running of his stupid mouth and tyrannical women. Though he's complaining now, he was still grateful for Minerva's magic on the train.

In the middle of moving the boxes, a number of stuffed toys fell to the floor. Natsu figured that the box might not have been taped properly. As he was picking them all up, he noticed that half of them were dragons, going through the various shades of red.

"Cute choice.", he gleefully commented, before feeling a gaze of someone behind him.

"Uh, the boxes were…I, uh…I did not break anything…uhm…I'm sorry!", he stammered, covering his head with his arms, and closing his eyes, preparing for the coming beating.

Five seconds…

Ten seconds…

No punches came, so he tried taking a peek and saw Minerva, her face a bit red, hugging her dragon plushies.

"Speak of this again, and you're going to wish that I was as kind as your girlfriend."

"Yes ma'am...I don't have a girlfriend though."

"You don't? Oh…well, whatever. Just don't speak of this to anyone.", Minerva turned to go back to her room.

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"He doesn't have a girlfriend.", she murmured, as she leaned on the door, hugging the plushies tighter.

Edit: I just didn't like how my username isn't centered right below the title, so I just removed it instead.